[Incubator] OSSIM Incubation - header file modifications

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Mon Mar 30 18:10:52 EDT 2009


Thanks Mark, yes I believe such a header is fine.

The issue I raised was to do with decision making transparency. Has that 
been resolved?

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Face to face meetings are more effective than email lists for working 
> out project issues.
> The only downside is that they don't automatically generate logs of 
> discussions like email lists and IRC channels.
>
> What I suggest is:
> * Write down your process for meetings, which would probably be 
> something like:
> ** Send meeting request, xx number of days before meeting, allowing 
> interested parties to participate.
> ** Meet face to face
> ** Describe voting process (1 member = 1 vote)
> ** Document decisions in wiki/email list/ ...
>
> The documented decisions are the key part that you will reference in 
> order to prove an effective PSC.
>
> Is this achievable?


Jody Garnett wrote:
> The LGPL license has a sample header file which is a little bit longer
> than that; but what you describe sounds fine.
>
> Indeed you email here addresses the two issues initially raised:
> - header file indicating which license the source code is made available under
> - license included
>
> There was also some questions about process / visibility. Is their a
> revised document for us to review?
>
> Jody
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Mark Lucas <mlucas17 at mac.com> wrote:
>   
>> We have written a script and test plan to modify 1308 header files in the
>> ossim baseline adding the following lines at the beginning of the file:
>>
>> // The OSSIM distribution is licensed under LGPL
>> // See the LICENSE.txt in the ossim folder for details
>> //
>>
>> We have placed this recommendation on the OSSIM mailing list and have not
>> received any objections from the OSSIM community.
>>
>> Before making the change we would like some feedback from the incubation
>> committee that this will address the previously raised comments.
>>
>> Are there any additional concerns or actions required to complete the
>> incubation process?
>>
>> Mark
>>     
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